Improvement in corn-planters



-I a top View of the slide.

UNITED STATES PATENT (klieren.r

l Specification forming part of Letters Patellis No. 4S,l5 0, dated June1865.`

. Be it known that' I, WILLIAM BLEssrNG', of

Jeffersonville, Fayette county, Ohio, have invented a new and usefulCo'rnfPlanter; and l' do hereby declare the followinglto be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, refe-rence beinghad tothe acccmpanying drawings, mak-1 ingpart of this specification. Y

My invention relates to the class of cornplanters adapted to be drawnforward by a horse or other animal, and to be both guided and operatedby a person who walks Behind the implement; andmy invention consists indevices for'combiningcompactness and simplicityofconstructionWithfacility and eii'ectiveness 4of operation. t VFigure 1 is asideelevation of a planter embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section of the seeding mechanism',

drawn to'twice the scale oi' Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is A represents the rearportion of the beam.`

`B and B represent, respectively, one handle and a portion of the other,The beam A is perforated vertically to receive the tubular shank C of`my tooth D, whose portion4 below the beam is ,open rearward, as shown.`The4 tooth D has a shoulder-plate, E, whose stud e enters a suitabledepressionin the under side of the beam.l The tubular shank C extends 4above the beam and is screw-threaded exteriorly to t theinteriorly-screvii-threaded boss j', whchprojects obliqnely from ,thebottom of mysee'dbox'F, so as to presentthe`s1ide" in plaulevvith thetrigger H, thefseed-bo F'lo'ein g slotted at different elevations, frontand rear,

with thesame object.

lset my hand.

y It isa rod, which connectsthe slide tothe `triggerll.' p is a spring,which restores the said trigger, rod, and slide to their restingpo-SOII. 'I l Y The grain-opening g of the slide may be provided on oneside with a dovetailed. notch or .mortise to receive aplng, K, ot" leado r other soft metal, to: enable theop'erator to readily enlargetheopening, if necessary, by means of a pocket-knife `or other instrument.

It willbeperceivedthat the'tooth and theV seed-box are secured to eachother and are at the same time made fast to the beam Vby the simple actof screwing the box onto the `tubular shank or prolongation of thetooth. It is also manifest that the reciprocation of the slide cut-offto operate Withmore ease. 'and certainty i in separating surplus grainsor kernels.

I claim herein as new and oi' my invention--I l. The tooth OD andseed-box F f, secured to each other and to the beam by the operation ofa single screw, substantially as set forth. 2. The obliquely-oored seed-box F, connected to' the tooth bythe oblique boss f, and

having its slide' reciprocatedin the plane of the trigger, substantiallyas set forth. In'testimony of which invention I hereunto WM IBLESSINGQWitnessesf GEO. H. KNIGHT,

J AMES Hz-LAYMAN.

